We are going out of town to the ILs for the weekend. We are leaving by 4 hopefully which will put us there between 8-9. Obviously past DS's bedtime but hopefully it will work out fine. He's usually pretty flexible.
K has her 18 month apt today, a couple weeks late due to us being out of town, tubes and the doc being on vacation. Hoping the shots don't make her super crabby. I need to get daycare gift cards this weekend, and stocking suffers and start wrapping.
Post by marygracerich on Dec 16, 2016 8:31:35 GMT -5
Good morning ladies! I was supposed to go into work for a few hours this morning. I changed my mind and didn't go. I am going in tomorrow instead. I found a box of my shoes in the mess of boxes. I now have my dress shoes for the Christmas party I am going to tomorrow. I also managed to find a warmer jacket. It's not my winter jacket but it will do. I just hope I can zipper it.
Post by sallyskellington on Dec 16, 2016 10:07:41 GMT -5
Ugh we've all got colds. It just now started getting down in the 20s this week too so that sucks. My coworker is driving me batshit today so I'm catching up on all the threads in parenting instead of working.
Post by lgsdesigner on Dec 16, 2016 10:41:19 GMT -5
Here we go... The battle of family fighting over which house we visit during Christmas. We visited DH's mother's side on Thanksgiving and they are angry we can't visit for Christmas too. I'm sorry. I also have a family and DH has his dad's side to visit too. Stop being selfish! Not to mention I have three young kids that don't do well on long car rides, so it's no picnic for me either.
Post by bethypoo83 on Dec 16, 2016 10:46:25 GMT -5
lgsdesigner I hear you. We alternate my parents and DHs because he's really particular about it and because his mom is alone. J does well in the car but I cant imagine doing it with three.
We'll be at MILs from morning on the 24th to evening on the 25th, then drive home and get up and leave on the 26th for my parents.
In 6 years together we have never been home on Xmas. That changes next year. I want J to be able to open gifts in our own home for once.
And I hope to be KTFU so there's no way I'm going to want to travel.
Post by lgsdesigner on Dec 16, 2016 10:50:24 GMT -5
bethypoo83 - We changed it last year so Christmas morning we get 2-3 hours alone with just our kids to do gifts and relax. Family used to try and get us to come out at like 9am, and I finally put my foot down. It's like they forget that WE are a family, too.
I am going to get some solitude tonight and I am SO excited!! H is going out to hang out with some friends he hasn't seen in a while after LO goes to bed. I am so ready
We got almost another foot of snow last night, so we're up to about 3 feet. I'm working from home and H started his 11 day vacation today. I have a feeling I'll be going into the office as much as possible next week. He's driving me crazy already.
For Christmas we bought an elliptical and it should be delivered today. I'm so excited to get back into working out. I made H promise to give me 30 minutes to work out without W interrupting.
I just got in from doing some Christmas shopping with DS. I couldn't focus on what I needed to get because my kid kept trying to climb out of cart (he was strapped in). I only bought a few things. When I went to put him in his car seat, he refused to get in and kept standing up every time I got him to sit so I could buckle him. This has been happening all the time lately and I don't know what to do. I absolutely dread taking him out with me. Anyone else's LO do the same thing?
Just read the best news ever, a mom that I follow her sons facebook page from back when I was on the Aug 2012 board for DD! He was diagnosed with brain cancer around 6 months old and today she posted.
"After 3.5 years of fear and trepidation about what Liam's future may be, or even IF he had a future, we got the news we (and many many many other people) have been praying for.
Liam's tumor appears to have responded to the radiation. It shows some very small signs of regression. It is overall stable and ... in a few words: He won.
Such amazing news, I am so happy for their family!
I just got in from doing some Christmas shopping with DS. I couldn't focus on what I needed to get because my kid kept trying to climb out of cart (he was strapped in). I only bought a few things. When I went to put him in his car seat, he refused to get in and kept standing up every time I got him to sit so I could buckle him. This has been happening all the time lately and I don't know what to do. I absolutely dread taking him out with me. Anyone else's LO do the same thing?
Mine! If I want to get anything done I throw her in the Tula!
Good job DH. He decided to wait until last night to try to book pet sitters and now ours are booked for Dec 24-26 and all our friends are traveling. I've been telling him to book this for weeks and weeks now.
Hi, I had a productive day yesterday. 3 batches of fudge and some cookie dough made for more truffles. Just need to coat the truffles and make another batch of choc mint ones and I'm done except for the cookies I want to make Xmas eve. Yay! In other news my darling child managed to remove his diaper yesterday morning while I was making fudge. It was a cloth one and was after he had a poo. Dh walked out of the bedroom, first wondered why he had no pants on then realised what had happened. Luckily it was easily cleaned up.
Today is just great. Besides my grumpy as fuck child and DH screwing up the pet sitter, the dealership didn't even fix my damn car. So now I am driving around a car with a broken airbag still because they suck. I am so pissed.
Post by marygracerich on Dec 16, 2016 16:33:44 GMT -5
I just got off the phone with the realtor. She spoke to the loan officer. He said he has a question for my uncle but hasn't been able to reach him. Of course he can't reach him, he is on a cruise. He didn't bother to call the lawyer (he has power of attorney for my uncle) and didn't email anyone to get in touch with my uncle. 😑This can delay closing some more. On top of that, we just heard that the sellers lawyer is going on vacation very soon. We don't know when. The closing can't happen without this attorney. Thankfully my uncle is home from his cruise on Sunday and is flying up here on Tuesday.
Post by flyinghorses6 on Dec 16, 2016 16:49:59 GMT -5
@lgdesigner I cannot stand dealing with the family arguments over holidays. We alternate, plus I work every other holiday over night...which makes it even harder to manage. It's so annoying!! Especially since DH and I are the ones with the most constraints. Next year when we have 2 littles people can come to us. Time to change up some plans.
Kids want to be at their own house for Christmas & Christmas morning. And I'm not invited 30 people over so people are going to have to get over it.
I'm sure I'll get an earful from SIL, she up and moved out of state and didn't come home for thanksgiving, which would have been the holiday with DH's side of the family. So not even sure we will see her while she's home for Christmas.
laur1020 I cannot get a single thing done. Anytime DD is restrained (high chair, stroller, shopping cart) she turns into an absolute maniac. I literally run 1 errand at a time, pack snacks, juice and toys. It's horrible.
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